Child/Adolescent Eating and Feeding Disorders

Child/Adolescent Eating & Feeding Disorders

Adolescents and young adults (including college-aged patients) with eating or feeding disorders are most effectively treated with family involvement. Our adolescent programming includes a multidisciplinary team and use of Maudsley Family Based Treatment (FBT) to aid in targeted resolution of eating disorder symptoms.

Disorders in this track include:

Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa

Binge Eating Disorder

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Unspecified Feeding and Eating Disorder (UFED)

Pica

Rumination Disorder

Other Specified Feed and Eating Disorder (OSFED)

Purging Disorder

Night Eating Syndrome

**Orthorexia

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

**"Although not formally recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, awareness about orthorexia is on the rise. The term ‘orthorexia’ was coined in 1998 and means an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating. Although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in and of itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that they actually damage their own well-being." (National Eating Disorders Association)

Symptoms are targeted with evidence-based treatments described below.

FBT includes family sessions with a therapist and the parents/caregivers and child. FBT has three phases. Phase 1 focuses on weight restoration, Phase 2 targets adolescent management of food and eating, and Phase 3 addresses adolescent and family issues (e.g., communication, applying limits, etc).